Effects of Combinations of Ophthalmic Viscosurgical Devices and Suction Flow Rates on the Corneal Endothelial Cell Damage Incurred during Phacoemulsification

Table 1

Preoperative evaluations.

	V group, mean (SD)	S group, mean (SD)	value
Nucleus hardness, NC, LOC III	3.1 ± 0.5	3.1 ± 0.6	0.53
ECD (cells/mm^2)	2914.9 ± 240.1	2850.3 ± 193.7	0.31
CCT (μm)	555.5 ± 36.6	554.0 ± 38.7	0.53
CV (mm^3)	60.6 ± 3.0	60.8 ± 3.3	0.53

NC = nucleus color; LOC III = Lens Opacities Classification System III; ECD = endothelial cell density; CCT = central corneal thickness; CV = 10.0 mm corneal volume; and SD = standard deviation.